Theory and methods in spatial analysis: towards integrating qualitative, quantitative and cartographic approaches in the social sciences and humanities
| Autor: | Nina Baur, Hering, Linda, Raschke, Anna Laura, Thierbach, Cornelia |
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qualitative Methode analysis Fallstudie Raumplanung und Regionalforschung spatial analysis survey methodology maps GIS social area analysis Raum Kartographie research approach ethnography Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung case study Sozialwissenschaft Ethnographie social science basic research cartography theory ddc:710 Social sciences sociology anthropology Landscaping and area planning Städtebau Raumplanung Landschaftsgestaltung Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Sozialraumanalyse Methode Area Development Planning Regional Research quantitative Methode methodology Methodologie Analyse quantitative method Geisteswissenschaft humanities qualitative method development of methods Research Design Methodenentwicklung method ddc:300 Theorie zone Grundlagenforschung |
| Zdroj: | BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine ResearcherID Historical Social Research Spatial analysis |
| Popis: | A main obstacle for integrating the methodological debates on spatial analysis in diverse social sciences and humanities (such as Sociology, Geography, History and Cultural Studies) is the lack of a common definition of research goals and theories of space. Starting from the discussion on absolute and relational space concepts as well as the observation that space is a multi-level-phenomenon consisting of different spatial layers which interact with time layers, the authors argue that all spatial problems can be categorized into one of five dimensions: (1) Thinking and Imagining Space; (2) Creating and Changing Space; (3) Experiencing, Appropriating and Orientating within Space; (4) (Inter)Action and Distribution within Space; and (5) Relations and Movements between Spaces. The authors discuss the contribution of various qualitative approaches (e.g. ethnography, case studies and discourse analysis), quantitative approaches (e.g. surveys, public administrational data and GIS) and cartographic approaches for analysing these dimensions and conclude with open questions for future research. |
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